Surviving Ida

Raine Rayburn writes a two year journal/diary that describes the double life that she is leading. Outwardly she has the perfect life. Living on a ranch with her beloved father she pursues her passions of barrel racing reading her singing and preparing for her first prom with her new boyfriend. But she has another life. Her mentally ill mother is violently abusive. Along the way Raine discovers she has an angel crew who help to protect nurture and help protect her. Raine was adopted as a small child and after one violet attack she travels to New York to meet the mother who made the supreme sacrifice in order to create the possibility that Raine will have a better life.